Display box



- E. E.' DARRAGH DISPLAY BOX Filed neme, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1- gnventoz A *I auf Aug. 19, 1924. 1505545 E. E. DARRAGH DISrLAY Box Filed Dec. 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EDWIN E. DABRAGH, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed December 8, 1922. Serial No. 605,560.

T0 all whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. DARRAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing atl New Yorkl city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lDsplayv Boxes, fully described and represented in the following specification andthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in display boxes of that4 class in which the box, when opened to display its contents, is supported in inclined position on a socalled easel beneath the box, formed usually as a part of the box, and an advertisin or display card is provided on the top o the box kwhich is turned upward in an erect position at the upper end of the box. The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of easel which may be readily attached to boxes of ordinary construction, and further to provide such an easel which will co-operate with the box end to hold` the advertising or display card in erect osition, when the box is opened to exhibit its contents. rFhe invention aims to so form and proportion the easel parts with respect to the box end and advertising or display card that the easel, when in operative position under the box, will exert a pull on the advertising or display card and thereby hold it erect, without the provision of a special su port yfor that purpose.

y o enable others skilled inthe art to understand the invention, preferred and modified forms of embodiments thereof will now be described in detail in connection with.

the accompanying drawings, and the features forming the invention then be specilically pointed out in the/claims.v

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for a easel in position of use;

the line 4-4 of Figure 4 1s a sectlon on Fig. 3;

igure 5 4is a side elevation v and partial central section of a modified form of easel and its attachment to a box;

Fi ure 6 is a central longitudilal section showing the easel of Fig. 5 folded up;

Figure v7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5; F. igure 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of 1 lFigure 9 is an endelevation of the box and easel of Fig. 5, looking inthe direction of the arrow of the latter figure;

Figure 10 is a perspective view of still another modified form of easel, and

Fi ure 11 is an end elevation of a box showmg the easel of Fig. 10 attached to the display card thereof and with the box in section for clearness.

Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. l-fl, the easel blank A SF ig.-1) is formed of the same material as t e display card B, and preferably is integral therewith and with an intermediate portion or easel extension :a connecting the display card and easel and by which they are mounted on the endmf the box. Such material preferably is comparatively thin, exible cardboard, of approximately the same thickness as the material of which the box with which the easel is to be used, is made. rFlic easel blank comprises side aps a, a which are cut away as shown t o form lookin tabs b, b arranged to engage slits c, c w en the parts o, a, b, o and the portion in which slits c, c are Jformed are all folded on the lines d in the same-direction troug act` as the top and end walls of the easel, and the end walls of the trough formed by the da s a act as the side walls of the easel. lf t e parts are properly proporticned the size of the easel will be slightly larger than the box end so that-it may be folded thereover as shown'in Fig. 2.

ln attaching the easel to the box C, the

advertising' or display card Bis inserted between the overlapping end naps e, e oi l'OO the box, andan inner end wall e of the box. As shown, the flaps e, e are formed by extending the side walls of the box, and the end wall e by an extension of thel bottom of the box. A locking tab f formed on the easel blank is arranged to cooperate with the top edge of e wall e to support the display card at the top of the box and act l sisted bythe engagement of the tab f with the to of the wall e. lf the parts are proper y proportioned with respect to the size of the box end, the turning down of the easel will give a pull on the dis lay card B, such pull resulting, also, in maing the tab f abut morelirmly against the top edge of the wall e and thus cause the display card B to remain erect, as shown in Fig. 4. The easel and display card B will be enclosed within the cover W when the easel is folded over the end or the box.

Figures 5 9 show a modified form of l and a dierent manner of attaching the easel to a box. rlhis modification, also,

is intended to embody the feature of aiding in maintaining -an erect position of the advertising or display card, in that the easel is so formed and secured to the box that there will be a downward lpull on the display card similar to that described above with reference to Figs. 1 4. rlhe easel formation of the present modication is such that it may also be folded into small compass readily accommodated within the `box lid or cover, and may be secured to the box` before or after lling or shipment. rlhe present easel comprises a strip of cardboard of a Width approximately that of the box with which the easel is to be used and of sucient length to form a display or advertisin card B ot proper size to receive the in icia desired and with enough surplus 4to 'be folded into an easel D of triangular shape lin cross-section, the end of the strip being glued at `o to preserve such triangular shape. Theportion of the strip intermediate the display card B and the eal blank, which is preferably formed integrally with the card B, is slightly less in height than the height of the end of the boxl to which the dev1ce is to beattached. Centrally in the transverse fold lines k there are formed oppositely disposed locking tabs m 'arranged to engage slits p termed in an elongated box bottom r, such elongated bottom strip bein larranged to told up and over the end aps s and engage a locking tab t formed in the bottom wall of the box. Thus, the easel and displaycard may be securely attached on the outside ot the end of the box before or after shipment or filling by inserting the tabs m into the slits p. lf the easel is attached before shipment orlling, a transversefold y line g may be formed in the side o ci the rfa easel, 'so that the l may be Lacasse collapsed, as shown in Fig. 6, and thus be readily held in such collapsed state by the cover W of the box. lt will be obvious that, in the presentmodification, when the easel is positioned under the box, as shown in F ig. 5, the weight of the box and contents will cause a downward pull on the. display card B, and that the tab m on such card B, being inserted in the slit p on the top edge of the end of the box, will force the display card to remain erect.

ln Figs. .10 and 11 there is shown still another form of easel which may be readily attached to those boxes in which the advertising or display card is formed as a part of the box itself. In this modification, the easel E is made. up in any suitable manner, such, for example, as the easel of Figs. 1 4, the display card, however, being omitted and a locking tongue y formed on an extension .e of thereasel blank lbeing arranged. to enter a slit in the display card B, asy shown in Fig. 11. An easel construction such as here shown will, when attached to the display card, hold the latter in erect position, and the easel may readily be folded over the end of the box, as in the case of the easel of Figs. 1 4. The function ot the easel pulling on the display card and thereby.' holding the latter erect` is also present in connection with the present modification, and further description thereof is therefore unnecessary.

llt will be seen from the foregoing that in all the forms shown the following important advantages are secured. The cover of the box, having no display card forming -a part thereof, may be formed of cheap material so that it may be thrown away by the dealer when the box is to be displayed,l

and the box is stronger because of the cover being complete and. neither the box nor cover eing weakened by side cuts, as when a portion of the cover or box forms the easel. The operation of the easel is simple, and all the dealer has to do is to remove the cover, turn the easel down under the box and lift the display card. The latter cannot fall after adjustment 'of the easel, due to the pull of the latter on the display card, as above explained. The device, furthermore, is easy to assemble and attach tothe box. ln the preferred forms shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and 10, 11, also, the easel is strong, in that the side walls thereof are solid and` extend all the way up to the box bottom from the base..

lt will be understood that various changes in the forms ot the parts above described may be made while still retaining the invention defined by the claims.

at is claimed is:

1. 'lhe combination with a box, of a display card pivotally supported at the top of the box, and an easel support sldably aeoaeee mounted on one'end of said box and secured to said dis lay card, said easel being pivoted at the ottom edge of the box and when in operative position acting to support the box in an inclined losition and exert a downward pull on sai display card tending to hold the same erect.

'2. The combination with a box and its cover, of a display card pivotally supported at the top of the box, and a oldable easel' support slidably mounted on one end of said box and secured to said display card, said easel being pivoted at the bottom edge of the box and when in operative position acting to Vsupport the box in an inclined position and exert a downward pull on the display card tending to hold said card erect and when in inoperative position being oldable on the end of the box so as to be enclosed within the cover.

3. The combination with a box, of a combined display card and easel su port slidably mounted on one end of sai box, said easel being pivoted at the bottom edge of vthe box and when in operative position acting to support the box in an inclined posi-r tion and exert a downward pull on said dis'- play card tending to hold the same erect.

4. The combination with a box, of an easel support and a display card secured thereto, said easel being slidably mounted on one end of said box between the end aps thereof, and said easel when in operative position acting to support the box in an inclined osition and exert a downward pull on said display card tending to. hold the same'erect.

5. The combination with a box, of a combined display card and easel suplport, Vand means formed on the box and ease for slidabl mounting said parts on the box end, sai display card being pivotally sup orted at the top of the box an said .easel w en in operative position actingy to support the box in an inclined position and exert a downward pull on said display card tending to hold said display card erect.

6. The combination with la box, of an easel formed separately from the box and having a top wall and an end wall and side walls connecting said top and end walls and having an extension attached to the rear end of the box by being held between box layers on said end of the box, said easel having its top wall pivoting directly on said extension by a cover.

7. The combination with a box, of an easel formed se arately from the box and having a top wa l and an end wall and side walls connecting said top and end walls and having` an extension attached to the rear end of the box by being held between box layers on said end of the box, said easel havat the bottom ot the box to told over the rear end of the box and be enclosed tension at the bottom of the box to fold over the rear end of the box and said extension` supporting a swinging display card on the top of the box.

8. The combination with a box, of an easel formed separately from the box and having a top wall and an end wall and side walls connecting the top and end walls and separated suciently to provide for folding the easel over the yend of the box, and an extension on the easel for, securingthe easel on the rear end of the box, said easel having its top wall pivoting directly on said extension at the bottom of the box to fold over the rear end and top of the box when not in use and to swing under the bottom of the v box for supporting the latter in display position.

y 9. rllae combination with a box, of an easel formed from a blank separate from the box, said blank forming an extension on the easel by which it is secured on the rear end of the box, and said blank having side iaps :folding to form side. walls of the easel, the top wall of said easel pivoting di'-` rectly on said extension at the bottom of the box to fold over the end and top of the box when not in use and to swing under the bottom of the box for supporting the latter in display position.

10. A display box having a trough-like easel support provided with two walls .forming the sides of the trough and two walls forming' the ends of the trough and hinged by one of said trough sides directly to a .lower edge of the rear endv of the box and adapted alternately to be disposed beneath the bottom of said box or to fold over said box end and the adjacent top portion of the box.

a ll1. A display box having an end of multiple thickness and a trough-like easel support provided with two walls forming the sides of the trough and two walls forming the ends of the trough'and pivoted at the bottom of the rear end of the box to an extension of one of the trough sides' extending between the thicknesses of the box end and adapted alternately to be disposed beneath the bottom of the box or to iit over the adjacent upper edge of said end.

12. A display box havingan end of multiple thickness and a trough-like support provided with two walls forming the sides of the trough and two walls forming the ends of the trough and pivoted at the bottom of the rear end of the box directly to an extension of one of the trough sides extending between the thicknesses of the box end and adapted alternately to be disposed beneath the bottom of the box or to `fit over the adjacent upper edge of said'box,

said extension supporting a display card 13., A display box having an end wall, a separate auxiliary memberv having a display card and easel support to project above and below the box when the latter is in use for display and having an intermediate portion slidably mounted on the end wall of the box, said display card and easel Support being foldable relative to said intermediate portion to lie closely assembled with the box.

14.A display box having a double end wall, an auxiliary member having an intermediate portion extending between the elements of said wall, a display card at one end `of said portion and an easel portion at the other comprising arts bent to form an easel structure foldab e without dismantling to nest With the body of the box, and means on said member engaging the box to hold the display card against downward movement.

15. A display box having an inner end wall, a display card adapted to fold about the upper edge of said wall and having an extension adapted to be applied to and over said wall, said wall and extension having tongue-engaging means preventing downward movement of the extension, and

16. A combined easel and display card" blank having the easel portion A with side flaps a and tabs folding to form an end Wall of the easel and locking to hold the aps folded to form side walls of the easel. display card B, and an intermediate portion for securing the easel to the end of the box, said easel pivoting on said extension to fold over the end and top of the box when not in use and to swing under the bottom of the box for supporting the latter in display position.

17. A combined easel and display card blank having the easel portion A with side iiaps a and tabs folding to form an end wall of the easel and locking to hold the flaps folded to form side walls of the easel,

vdisplay card B, intermediate portion for securing the easel to the end of the box, and tab f at the junction of the intermediate portion and display card.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWN E. DARRAGH. 

